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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: joe lawrence <joelawrence2011@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 18:56:19 +0530 (IST)
Subject: please reply


sir. i did'nt get the money yet. please kindly do the needful.

 YOU HAVE BEEN CLEARED CHOICES AN OPTION FOR FUND DELIVERY!!!!
Monday, 23 October, 2006 3:21 AM



From:
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"LIM SPENCER" <iaatcexpresscourierdelivery06@yahoo.co.uk>View contact details



To:
joelawrence2011@yahoo.com






IAATC EXPRESS COURIER

   
 
23th October,2006
 
ORDER NUMBER:SH231282
 
ATTENTION:JOE LAWRENCE
 
A copy of your winning certisfied certificate has been scan to you.
 

This
is to inform you that you have been officially cleared for payment by
the Verifications Dept. at the headquarters of the British
National Lottery.
 
The
original copy of this certificate and your cheque from the British
government stating that the money was obtained legally through their
National Lotto will be sent to you and the bank as soon as you meet
with any of the option selected and your winnings will be couriered or
transferred to you immediately.
 
 IAATC
Express Courier is a well-established company offering courier and
transport services 24 hours a day for priority delivery of letters,
parcels and consignments to any destination by road, air or sea. We
have a substantial team of couriers available for motorcycle dispatch
plus van driver couriers in all size vehicles from small vans up to 7.5
tonne and international couriers for dispatch by road, sea or air.
 
We have extensive UK, European and World connections.
This
E-mail sent to you is to inform you that the Verifications Dept.at the
headquarters of the UK national Lottery International has officially
cleared you for payment.
 
The
original copy of this certificate together with a covering document
(Money Laundering protection and Letter of Affidavit for Claims) from
the British government stating that the money was obtained legally
through their National Lotto will be couriered to the payment bank and
transferred to you as soon as you meet with any of the option listed
below and your winnings will be couriered and transferred to you
immediately.
 
You
can now begin the final step of the claims process, which is the
transferring of your cash prize to you. With regards to this, there are
two options open to you; you are required to select the more convenient
of the two. The options, together with their associated conditions are
presented below:
 This is our site below: http://www.aircourier.co.uk/faq3.htm
 
OPTION 1:
Courier
of your winning draft to payment centre via any of this channel listed
below:it will TAKE 3 WORKING DAYS to reflect In your account that
you will provide to us.

An original certificate of weight.....0.9Gramms
Total weight of parcel................0.9Gramms
Colour of parcel......................Brown
Mailing...............................$020.00
Insurance.............................$835.00
Vat (5%)..............................$022.75
TOTAL.................................$877.75

OPTION 2:
Check
Transfer Options:You will have to receive a Certified Check and
approved Clearance Documents as that will take TAKE 4 WORKING DAYS
to deliver to your address that you will provide us with as we will
have to use our registered courier delivery agent to deliver the parcel
to your address.

An original certificate of weight.....0.9Gramms
Total weight of parcel................0.9Gramms
Colour of parcel......................Brown
Mailing...............................$018.00
Insurance.............................$621.00
Vat (5%)..............................$021.95
TOTAL.................................$660.95

OPTION 3:
You
will have to Receive the Cash Through a Diplomatic Courier Services as
we will be Paying Out the Cash and they have the Power to Carry Lump
Sum of Cash,and they are Licensed as they will deliver to you at your
House or Office but the Main Problems is that it is very Costly and
Have Paper work when they arrive your Address,IT WILL TAKE 2
WORKING DAYS to deliver to your address that you will provide us

An original certificate of weight.....0.9Gramms
Total weight of parcel................0.9Gramms
Colour of parcel......................Brown
Flight; ..............................$100.00
Insurance.............................$1430.00
Vat (5%)..............................$019.00
TOTAL.................................$1549.00
 
Note
that your prize is protected by a hardcover insurance company which
makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money before it has
been remitted to you. This means that the above charges cannot be
deducted from the prize and hence must be provided by you before your
prize is transferred to you.
 
Also
attach a scanned copy of either your driver's licence, international
passport (photo page) or any other legally identifying document.
 
Also
be reminded that the deadline for the claiming of winnings is
exactly one week after the receipt of this email. After this
period, your cash prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you
and will be reused in the drawings of the next edition of the lottery.
 

Our Guarantee of Safe Delivery:
We
have had a guaranteed safe delivery policy for the 25 years we have
been in business. We know how packages get handled in shipping, and we
know how valuable our product is. Some
sizes, when wrapped, are within size limitations defined by
the British Post Office. These will be sent by mail, with
guaranteed safe delivery.

 







 
 
Good luck and Congratulations once again. Please send your response within the next 24hrs to this same email address.
http://www.aircourier.co.uk
 
Mr.Lim Spencer(dispatch officer),
IAATC Express Courier Services,
Building 219, Epsom Square,
Heathrow Airport,Hounslow,Middlesex,TW6 2DG
 

TEL:+44-701-112-8114
TEL:+44-702-406-1236
TEL:+44-701-113-7398


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